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Defending champions South Africa edged hosts France 29-28 in a thrilling seven-try encounter on Sunday to reach next weekends Rugby World Cup semi-finals.

Defending champions South Africa edged hosts France 29-28 in a thrilling seven-try encounter on Sunday to reach next weekends Rugby World Cup semi-finals. The Springboks kept their hopes of a record fourth title alive thanks to fly-half Handre Pollards second-half points, setting ..

South Africa crushed France's hopes of a maiden World Cup title after withstanding a Paris storm to emerge 29-28 winners of a furious and vintage

There’s an iconic image which captures the conclusion of the second Test in Pretoria in 1996, where, for the first time in their history,…

South Africa kept the defence of their title alive with a thrilling 29-28 quarterfinal win over France in one of the greatest matches in World Cup history.

One issue might have been when Bok lock Eben Etzebeth knocked the ball down when France had a two-man overlap. He appeared to knock the ball back towards his own goal line, which was why O’Keeffe allowed play to continue. But the referee never reviewed it. 

The World Cup hosts were beaten 29-28 by the reigning champions in a semi-final for the ages.

Antoine Dupont was critical of the refereeing during France’s defeat to South Africa.

There was far more to the weekend than just the epic All Blacks v Ireland encounter, so let's have a look at the rest:

The World Cup hosts were beaten 29-28 by the reigning champions in a semi-final for the ages.